> The thing is - I just saved bookmarks, I never really utilised them ever, to find something, to go back to.

You're not describing a bookmarks issue. You're describing a personal organization issue, which is reflected on how you manage bookmarks.

You're voicing the exact same sort of complains often directed at todo lists. In fact, from your description you're implicitly treating bookmarks as ad-hoc Todo lists, and you're complaining your To-do backlog is growing.

Like others, you can blame bookmarks and Todo lists for your growing backlog of things you want to do but never get around to doing. Those are not the problem though, and only reflect a symptom caused by the actual problem.

> So like a lot of things on the Internet, I guess I did "bookmarking things" just for the sake of doing "bookmarking things".

You're describing a symptom of your problem. The fact that it extends beyond bookmarks is a telltale sign.

> This is not at all reflecting on why or why not one should do such "things", I absolutely believe this is good and sometimes in fact results in tools/services massively good, I am just talking about this out loud wondering whether it's just me or this kind of fatigue really sets in for other people as well.

I believe you're expressing the same issues expressed by those who have trouble managing their task queue. Your problem reflects on bookmarks, on personal notes, on productivity software, etc. This means your problem is not bookmarks, or personal notes, or productivity software. It's something else that is reflected across tools and systems.

I have a huge bookmark collection, but I don't care if I saved a bookmark that I never opened. I configured my browsers to exclusively use bookmarks in recommendations, thus serving as an ad-hoc search engine of noteworthy links I visited or want to visit. If I don't visit any of the links, that's too bad. Why would it present a problem?

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esafak 5 days ago | parent [-]

Because it represents wasted time and cognitive load. It's a vestigial habit from an era when search was bad. Between (AI) search and browser history, I don't see much need for bookmarks.

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justusthane 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I come across things via other channels than search (Hacker News, e.g.), which I have some vague memory of, but which I would never be able to find again via search. This is the role bookmarks fill for me.

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motorest 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Because it represents wasted time and cognitive load.

No, not really. Either you use them because they are presented to you, or you don't and you are oblivious to their existence. There is zero cognitive load.

> It's a vestigial habit from an era when search was bad.

Nonsense. It's absurd to even suggest that it's reasonable to use a search engine to be able to open sites that matter to you personally.

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esafak 4 days ago | parent [-]

If you're searching for something it matters to you. So you don't use search engines, eh? You do you.

	▲	motorest 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		> If you're searching for something it matters to you. Yes, something I stumbled upon before and I bookmarked it because it matters to me. See how it works? > So you don't use search engines, eh? Do you actually know what a bookmark is?